Deptford pubs

The Bird's Nest is a lively pub with great live music, a fantastic jukebox, and free Wifi. They have a culturally diverse staff, who use a more personal approach to customers. This comes hand-in-hand with being an independant business. The building also includes a hostel upstairs (convenient for travelers who plan on having too good a night and have a bed nearby at the end of the night). The hostel's prices aren't bad either!

It's a building jammed full of character and rich history. How could it not, when it's situated in the heart of the pirate district of Deptford. The Nest is definitely a place worth checking out! With Deptford Station and Deptford Bridge station minutes away, why wouldn't you?! Rocking pub in a great area of town. Deptford feels like Fulham used to 15 years ago - lively and not yet full of high-rent fools. All-shook-up mix of everyone from the area, the spartanly decorated interior doesn't detract from the amount of fun going down. The garden offers attractive views of the waste disposal vehicles parked to the rear, complete with nauseating smells wafting over now and then. The beer selection isn't one for connoisseurs, nor is the food, but the atmosphere amply makes up for these two deficits. A smashing pub, often rammed, well worth it if you're in the area. There's a TV, but it's tuned to horse racing. Although this place comes highly recommended according to some rival pub review websites, I wasn't so sure at first. It lies in a distinctly dodgy area of London but that didn't stop me from negotiating a slightly ill thought out short cut across bandit country from New Cross Station. I was then confronted by the word MILLWALL scrawled maliciously on the wall opposite the pub. As it was the football off season I thought it would be safe enough to venture inside the pub, after all I had agreed to meet Fred here. On entering it was empty save two old men at the bar watching Wimbledon on TV. There was no sign of any bar staff, although there were some encouraging noises emanating from the cellar. Eventually the friendly barman surfaced and things immediately started to look up. I was served a delicious pint of Priory Mild and then Fred arrived with a group of other people hot on his heels - no they weren't rampaging Millwall fans, instead they actually resembled middle class tourists looking for a taste of the real London. The main draw with this pub is the beer: real ale. It's kept in excellent condition too judging by the amount of time the barman spends in the cellar (unless he was burying the last Hammers fan that entered the pub down there). There is a small beer garden in addition to a pool table and dartboard at the back. A good pub. The White Swan used to be a coaching inn during the 1800s, serving all manner of passing trade. The pub is now a local pub, but worth a visit for the history. Although a huge sky TV screen and prominently placed pool table dominates the bar, you may struggle to see either through the the smoke. It's a good reminder of what pubs were like before they started serving wine and food. An experience.

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